I'm pissed beyond belief. Probably going to rant in a thread, Summary is that the NHL has blacked out ALL games to my area. Only option is to buy the "Multisports" pack which then gives only the ***ONE*** NHL Network channel. Of course, they're not showing the Avalanche game. Even if I WANTED to throw $150 or whatever at some sort of "Center Ice" package, there's no option.

I called Dish and they said they've been getting calls about this all day. You would think that, even if the NHL was going to be retarded about blackouts again, they'd at least move heaven and earth to show ALL games for the first couple weeks or so after this stupid lockout, so they could attempt to win back the public. Nope. Nothing.

NHL, if you won't even let me watch the hockey games, how in the world can you expect me to come back and be a fan again?

I'm pissed beyond belief. Probably going to rant in a thread, Summary is that the NHL has blacked out ALL games to my area. Only option is to buy the "Multisports" pack which then gives only the ***ONE*** NHL Network channel. Of course, they're not showing the Avalanche game. Even if I WANTED to throw $150 or whatever at some sort of "Center Ice" package, there's no option.

I called Dish and they said they've been getting calls about this all day. You would think that, even if the NHL was going to be retarded about blackouts again, they'd at least move heaven and earth to show ALL games for the first couple weeks or so after this stupid lockout, so they could attempt to win back the public. Nope. Nothing.

NHL, if you won't even let me watch the hockey games, how in the world can you expect me to come back and be a fan again?

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Using zip 99501 for Anchorage (not sure where in Alaska you live), DirecTV doesn't have any hockey on your RSN. They only show hockey on the NHL Network or on CI (which for this shortened season is $59.96). But CI has a free preview on right now through the 31st. The Avs game was on channels 782 (Avs feed) and 783 (Wild feed). Did you check the CI channels? Were you getting any games on those channels (769-785)?

Yeah, again, I'm with Dish. I went through all options with the Dish customer service reps, which went really quick because there really aren't any. NHL has blacked out all games to my area, and there isn't a CI. (even if I *wanted* to pay big bucks for the package, which I don't) I guess the message the NHL is sending is that they don't want any NHL fans in Alaska...

On a very positive note: My nomad is working on CI channels (at least on the HNIC game Anaheim @ Vancouver I recorded last night).

I couldn't get a single CI game to transfer to my nomad last season. Case Management told me what the issue was and that they had a fix (they figured it out right at the end of the regular season and since there weren't any CI games during the playoffs, I couldn't test it last season).

I'll try some more over the next couple of nights, but this goes a long way for me keeping CI this season.